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ACG Series: Plagiarism

In this Academic Communication Guide (ACG), learn about plagiarism and how to avoid it.

References

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Cleary, M. N (2017). Top 10 reasons students plagiarize & what teachers can do about it (with apologies to David Letterman). Phi Delta Kappan. Retrieved 23 June, 2021 from https://kappanonline.org/cleary-top-10-reasons-students-plagiarize/

Coleman, C. (2015, March 12). 5 ways to avoid plagiarism. https://blog.law.shu.edu/off-the-record/5- ways-to-avoid-plagiarism

Elias, M. (2014, August 27). SMART goal setting with your students. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/smart-goal-setting-with-students-maurice-elias

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Scribbr (n.d.). Understanding plagiarism.https://www.scribbr.com/category/plagiarism/#:~:text=Plagiarism%20means%20presenting%20some one%20else's,even%20when%20it's%20done%20accidentally

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University of Cambridge. (n.d.). Plagiarism and academic misconduct.

https://www.plagiarism.admin.cam.ac.uk/what-plagiarism/collusion

University of Houston. (n.d.). Plagiarism quiz. https://uh.edu/honors/human- situation/Student%20Resources/writing-curriculum/Plagiarism.quiz.htm

University of Melbourne. (n.d.). Voice in academic writing. https://services.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/471298/V oice_in_Academic_Writing_Up date_051112.pdf

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The Plagiarism Academic Communication Guide (AGC) Team

Writers  

Eunice Tan Woon Hong 

Illyas Lim Effandi 

Contributors  

Chin Soo Fun 

Kristina Marie Tom  

Course advisor/Editor 

Christopher John Hill, PhD  

Editorial Assistant  

Siti Suhaila bte Kamsani 

 

 

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